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Milwaukee, WI – On the morning of May 1, over 5000 people rallied and marched in Milwaukee under the banner of “A Day Without Immigrants and Workers.” May 1 is a day of protest and celebration internationally to display the strength of worker solidarity. With Trump’s continued attacks on immigration, the people of Milwaukee and various organizations came out in force this year to stand in solidarity with the immigrant communities that define the city. Despite the rain and cold, thousands gathered at the office of Voces De La Frontera, a community organization at the heart of the immigrant rights… […]
New York, NY – Thousands gathered in neighborhoods around the city on May 1 to celebrate International Workers Day. As this day is important for the people on the left, different events throughout the day pepper the streets calling for immigrants and workers’ rights. Members of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization attended these different events as solidarity contingents. One of the first events began at noon in front of City Hall, called by the No More 24 Campaign. The Campaign champions a bill that in-house aid workers should not work 24-hour shifts while only getting paid for 13. Led by… […]
Washington, D.C. — On April 30, over 30 Filipino and community activists gathered outside of the Embassy of the Philippines to celebrate International Workers Day and demand that the Philippine government stand up for Filipino workers in the US. The action, which was one of many coordinated actions that day at Philippine consulates around the U.S., began with a small group of activists entering the embassy and attempting to deliver an open letter to Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez. When embassy staff refused to hear them out, the activists tried at the embassy annex across the street. Here, too, they were… […]
Jacksonville, FL – On Thursday, May 1, more than 450 workers, immigrants, students and community members rallied in front of the Duval County Courthouse for International Workers Day. “The attendance for this event shows that our city is making the connection between the labor struggle and all other struggles. The system gutting the department of education is the same system attacking our federal workers,” said Monica Gold, a union teacher with Florida Future Labor Leaders. “The system emboldening ICE to carry out deportations and separate families is the same system sending our tax dollars to carry out a genocide against… […]
Austin, TX – On May 1, about 50 people, including students, labor organizers and community members, rallied outside the University of Texas at Arlington Tower for May Day around 5:00 p.m. The rally was organized by the Austin Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), with help from UT’s chapter of YDSA, to stand up for workers and immigrant rights. After a round of chants, Kira Small from SDS started off the program by speaking on behalf of a friend who, according to her, “no longer felt safe speaking herself.” Small stated, “Trump ran on a campaign of fear mongering –… […]
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from Elias Dipasupil, Secretary General of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. This Labor Day, the longstanding demands of the working class for better wages and working conditions, embodied in the clamor for a national living wage, reflect the urgency and necessity of the people’s democratic revolution in the face of the anti-people neoliberal policies of the US-Marcos regime. World history has shown the necessity of working-class leadership in waging revolution. National liberation struggles have been fought and won with a revolutionary proletarian party at the helm. In the Philippines,… […]